William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)

From the minds of 2/3 of the The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) creators…

Discovered in a treasure-filled parking lot in Leicester, England (next to a pile of bones that didn’t look that important), an ancient manuscript proves to be the long-lost first play written by none other than seventeen-year-old William Shakespeare from Stratford. We are totally not completely making this up. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S LONG LOST FIRST PLAY (abridged) is the literary holy grail: an actual manuscript in Shakespeare’s own hand showing all his most famous characters and familiar speeches in a brand-new story. But because it’s one hundred hours long and contains multiple unwieldy storylines, it was decided, as a public service, to abridge it down to a brief and palatable ninety-minute performance for this lost masterpiece.


Join the cast and crew for a free post show Q&A on Sunday August 10, 2025


Cast
Nick Faircloth
Mary Ruth Ralston
J.L. Reed

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